At its Build virtual conference, the company has announced that Azure Quantum, its full-stack open cloud ecosystem that unites quantum software, solutions, and hardware, is now available in limited preview. This will enable select people to build programs and skills in order to leverage quantum computing for solving various business challenges.

In addition, for developers interested in “becoming quantum-ready”, there are new learning modules available for free via Microsoft Learn, covering programming in Q# and the aforementioned Quantum Development Kit.